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O. OONGELTON.

CUFF LINK. No. 570,457. Patented Nov. 3, 1896.

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UNITED STATES OSBORN OONGELTON,

CUFF-LINK.

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,457, dated November3, 1896.

Application filed February 18,1896. Serial No. 579,777. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSBORN OONGEL'ION, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOuff-Links, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in cuff-links; and the object of myinvention is to produce a very simple and practical device which has twobutton portions connected by a flexible separable joint, which enablesthe two parts of the link to be easily placed in position in thebuttonholes of a cuff and united, which is arranged to hold the parts sothat they will not become accidentally detached, but which permits theready separation of the parts when the link is to be removed from thecuif.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one part of the link. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the opposite part of the link to that shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional elevation showing the applicationof the link to a cuif. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the shank ofone of the buttons, showing the manner in which the head is held in theball of the opposite button; and Fig. 5 is a view of a slightlymodifiedform of the fastening-joint of the device.

The device comprises two buttons 10, which may be made in anysuitableway and in any desired design, and these buttons have rigidshanks 11, one of which terminates in a hollow ball 12, having atransverse slot 13 on its inner side, and the other of which terminatesin a flattened head 14, which is preferably circular and which whenturned in one direction is adapted to enter the slot 13 of the ball 12,but which when given a quarter-turn cairnot be removed. The slot 13 islarge enough to permit the head 14 to readily enter it when the head isplaced in one position, but if the head is turned quarten-way aroundafter being first entered in the slot it is retained in the ball 12.

in position for use, while the other button is placed at right angles toits ordinary position, so that the head 14 can enter the slot 13, afterwhich the button is turned sufficiently to bring it to normal position,and this brings the head 14 across the slot 13, as shown in Fig. 3. Theordinary tension of the cuff and the friction on the shanks 11 aresufficient to keep the parts in position after they are once adjusted.

If desired, the connecting parts of the two shanks 11 may be made as inFig. 5, which form I prefer. As here shown, the slot 13 is parallel withthe greatest width of the shank 11, while the head 14 is at right anglesto the width of the shank. The parts are connected as already described,but the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 5 gives a little more play tothe joint.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An improved cuff-link, comprisingoppositely-arranged buttons having rigid shanks, the shank of oneterminating in a hollow slotted ball and the shank of the otherterminating in a head adapted to enter the slot but of a width greaterthan the width of the slot, substantially as described.

2. An improved cuif-link,comprising a button having a rigid shank and ahollow slotted ball thereon, the slot being parallel with the greatestwidth of the shank, and a second button having a rigid shank with a headthereon arranged at right angles to the greatest width of the shank, thesaid head being adapted to enter the slot of the hollow ball,substantially as described.

OSBORN OONGELTON.

Witnesses:

W. B. HUroHINsoN, BERTHA DEYO.

